cold

CEFRA1

/kəʊld/

adjective · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Having a low temperature.

  2. 02

    noun

    A common illness causing a blocked or runny nose.

Examples

  • You'll soon get accustomed to this cold weather.

  • I'm cold. Turn the heating up.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [kʰoɫd]
  • [kʰouɫd]

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Causing the air to be cold.

  2. Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.

  3. Unfriendly; emotionally distant or unfeeling.

More examples

In context

  • You've given me your cold.

  • A cold wind whistled through the trees.

  • She was so cold she was shivering.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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Origin

adjective

Inherited from Middle English cold, from Anglian Old English cald. The West Saxon form, ċeald (“cold”), survived as early Middle English cheald, cheld, or chald. Both descended from Proto-West Germanic *kald, from Proto-Germanic *kaldaz, a participle form of *kalaną (“to be cold”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). Cognates Cognate with Scots cald, cauld (“cold”), Saterland Frisian koold (“cold”), West Frisian kâld (“cold”), Dutch koud (“cold”), Low German kold, koolt, koold (“cold”), German kalt (“cold”), Danish kold (“cold”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk kald (“cold”), Swedish kall (“cold”).